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LuckyCharms

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4. Things are so different today...

Reply to erronis (Reply #3)

Sun Jun 7, 2026, 10:28 PM

Sunday

The pharmacy had a back entrance. All of the chemicals were on some shelves by the back door, right next to the TV tube testing machine. We would go in and buy the saltpeter. The pharmacist would ask "What do you boys need this for".

We'd say "Smoke bombs".

The pharmacist would just shrug and say "OK" Have fun.

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You can't buy saltpeter easily anymore - after the RW assholes blew up the Murrah Building erronis Sunday #1

Did it work? LuckyCharms Sunday #2

Just as well as with the monks in the monastaries (and I'll assume the convents). erronis Sunday #3

Things are so different today... LuckyCharms Sunday #4